Lost Star on Hobbit Role

Lost star Evangeline Lilly has been talking about her work on The Hobbit, explaining why she thinks Peter Jackson felt the need to create her character - Tauriel the Elf - for his movie adaptation.

"I am very concerned to this day that people will watch the film and I'll be the black mark on the film" she told SFX. "I know how adamant the purists are and I'm one of them! That said, upon reading The Hobbit again, as an adult, I can see why additional characters were needed to round out the story as an adaptation - especially female characters!

"The Hobbit didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really. What Peter, Fran [Walsh] and Philippa [Boyens] have done is all in perfect keeping with Tolkien's world, while adding a third dimension to an otherwise very two-dimensional story."

The full interview, in which Lily explains that she is learning Elvish and training to fight like an Elf, can be read over at SFX, while The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will hit screens December 2012.